Yes, Kenny. That's how the rib extension is held on. You may need to use a 10x loupe. They are more difficult to see on blued guns and easier to see on damascus guns, but they are always there on doll's head guns. The very early hammer non dolls head guns had continuous ribs. I've not examined a later hammerless with the rare non doll's head, so I wouldn't know about those to know if they used a continuous rib or just had a rib extension piece without the doll's head. So, rib extension=screw head.
I'm using the term "screw" because that's what Dave used. I thought it was a post. Guess I need to get into the diagrams, and Kenny, the assembly diagrams show the structure. I'll bet Austin recalls.
Last edited by Bruce Day; 02-23-2010 at 08:38 AM..
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